Another weekend with the Downers

It was that time of year again when Pheeb’s, Abel and I headed off to a holiday cottage with the rest of Pheeb’s family. This time we headed to Waterhouse in the Peek District and stayed in an old house which in a previous life was a former…

Escape to Hay-on-Wye

Pheebs, Abel and I have just spent a lovely couple of days staying at Hideways in Hay-on-Wye in a converted stable. It was a special weekend not only spending quality family time together but as it was Pheeb’s birthday so we enjoyed a relaxing weekend around Hay (as much…

Loft update

Spent some more time up in the loft in between finishing Abel’s room and finally managed to get the stud work in place ready for putting plasterboard on. At least once that’s done it’ll start to look more like a room. 😉…

Another busy loft and DIY day

It’s been a long day but I’ve managed to get a fair amount of work done today. I’ve now managed to insulate between the new joists and get half of the loft boards screwed down on top. Just need to lay some lighting cable and install some…

Joists installed into the loft

So, Rob and Fred came back from C&T Building Services to complete the next stage in our loft conversion. The new 7×3 joists were inserted into existing steels previously installed and now that this is completed I can continue with the rest of the project myself. I would…